Download or read book The Selected Writings of William Hazlitt, Vol. 8: The Plain Speaker written by William H. Hazlitt and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Hazlitt (1778-1830) was probably the most distinguished of the non-fiction prose writers to emerge from the Romantic period. Uniquely, he brought a knowledge of philosophy, history, drama, politics and the visual arts to his literary criticism. The new edition takes all copy texts from early printed sources, collated with lifetime editions and manuscripts.